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(WestSide Books, Dec 2011; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Feb 2012)
SkinWalkers: 
a creative approach to making poetry – Newspaper Blackout Poetry
Austin Kleon makes poetry by blacking out words on a newspaper except the words he wants to link into poetry. He calls it Newspaper Blackout Poems. This is an interesting and creative approach to writing poetry, almost like found objects for art. I can see the technique being used in classrooms, or appealing to people who have trouble starting to write. It looks fun to write and to read.
I particularly like his poem The demands of being human.
You can read more of his poetry–and see the images of the blacked out newspaper–at his site.
Found via Kottke.org
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